Swift-bracket.



Nu 729,084. I PATENT'ED MAY 26, 1903.

SWIFT BRACKET.

APPLIOATIOII TILED JUNE 14;, 1898.

I0 IODEL.

V UNITED STATES Patented May 9c, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WVALTER G. MORRISON, OF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT; HUBER CLARK, ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID MORRISON, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO THE ATWOOD-MORRISON COMPANY, OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SWIFT-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 729,084, dated May 26, 1903.

Application filed June 14,1896.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WALTER G. Monmsoma citizen of the United States, residing at Willimantic, in the county of \Vindham and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swift-Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

. The object of my invention is to provide a' bracket for supporting a swift for winding silk, cotton, or other threads or filaments. As commonly used the brackets supporting the swifts are rigid and not capable of adjustment, while the conditions of use require a vertical change of position of the swift in order to obtain the best results.

To this end my invention consists in the sectional bracket, the sectional clamp, and means for securing the bracket to the rail of a winding-frame and in the combination of the several parts making up the device as a whole, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan view showing the bracket with a swift mounted in the sockets. Fig. 2 is a detail view in section through the rail of windingframe and in side view of one of the arms of c the bracket and on enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of one of the arms on enlarged scale.

In the accompanying drawings the. letter a. denotes the side portion or swift-supporting rail of a winding-frame, along which the swifts b are located. In the form of swift-supports commonly used the arms supporting the swifts are secured rigidl'y to the frame, and by my invention I have provided means 0 whereby the swifts are adj ustably supported in place on the frame, thereby securing better results in the winding operations.

The letter 0 denotes a bracket having on its under side a wedge-shaped recess c', fitting a wedge shaped projection a on the frame a, by means of which the bracket is securely fastened in place on the frame, as by means of a bolt d passing through a slot (7,

Serial No. 594,254. (No model.)

in the frame, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 3 of the drawings.

An ear 0 is located on the bracket 0, through which projects a clamp-bolt e, provided with a clamp-nut e. The arm fbears on one end an ear f, having a fiat surface on one side fitting a flat surface on the side of. the ear 0 and with a shoulder f overlying and fitting the outer circular surface thereof. The opposite end of the arm is provided with swiftsupporting sockets f, in which the trunnions b on the swift are supported. The swiftsockets f are preferably located on opposite sides of the arm, withaweb f separating the sockets on opposite sides of the arm and preventing the ends of the trunnions from interfering with each other in their rotation. These sockets may be arranged in the end of the arm in any desired number and in any de sired position'with reference to each other, the sockets shown in the drawings herein be ing arranged on a line diagonally to a line drawn lengthwise centrally along the arm, so that the position of the swifts with relation to the distance from the frame may be varied at will.

The swift-supporting sockets are formed with open sides looking upward, so that the swifts may be easily and quickly placed on or removed from the arms, two of the arms being used to support a single swift and the arrangement of the sockets on opposite sides of the arms enabling each arm to support the ends of two adjacent swifts.

It is obvious that other means of supporting and clamping in position an arm adapted to support the ends of a plural number of swifts may be employed and that the sockets in the ends of the arms may be differently arranged with reference to each other without the aid of anything more than mere mechanical skill and without departing from the main feature of the invention.

I claim as my invention--- 1. In combination in a winding-frame, a swift-supporting rail, a plural number of bases adapted to be secured to the rail,a swiftarm pivoted to each base at or near the rail,

each arm having on its outer end means for supporting the ends of two adjacent swifts, and means for locking each arm against pivotal movement.

2. In combination with a winding-frame, a swiftsupporting rail, a plural number of bases adapted to be secured to the rail and having means of adjustment length wise of the rail, a swift-supporting arm pivoted to each base at or near the rail, each arm having at its outer end means for supporting the ends of two adjacent swifts,and means for locking the arm against pivotal movement.

3. In combination in a winding-frame, a swift-supporting rail secured thereto and having beveled faces on its upper surface, a plural number of bases fitting the beveled faces of the rail, a swift-arm pivoted to each base at or near the rail each arm having at its outer end means for supporting the ends of two adjacent swifts, and means for holding the arm against pivotal movement.

4:. In combination in a winding-frame, a

swift-supporting rail, a series of two or more bases adjustably mounted upon the rail, a

swift-supporting arm pivoted to each base at bracket each arm having at its outer end, on

each side thereof, two or more recesses for the support of the ends of two adjacent swifts, and means for preventing pivotal movement of the arm.

WALTER G. MORRISON. Witnesses:

HUBER CLARK, FANNY G. SELDEN. 

